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Best I could do at work in the bathroom stall. That is why I suggested to the op doing his own research.
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Can an 18 have his fathers gun in car loaded?
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Best I could do at work in the bathroom stall. That is why I suggested to the op doing his own research.
Regardless of the extension of home. The point is, Yes you can have it in your car 
Didn't you give your guns away, why are you here?..Regardless of the extension of home. The point is, Yes you can have it in your car
What does that have to do with this thread? Oh okay.Didn't you give your guns away, why are you here?..
Hard day at work and just joking with you peanut butter.
Yes.
An 18 year old can carry a handgun anywhere in his home, shoot it if otherwise legally allowed, and so on.
An 18 year old passenger in an automobile can do none of these things.
An 18 year old is free to walk around at least his curtilege with a handgun, an 18 year old legally possessing a handgun in an automobile cannot take it out of the automobile except under very narrow circumstances.
Probably others, but that's the first ones that come to mind.
You think this because the laws on where and how handguns can be carried in cars has been liberalized.
Not too long ago in Georgia, a handgun had to openly carried on the seat in plain view, or locked in a glove box or console, or secured in a holster out of reach of the driver. There was absolutely no one claiming that you could carry it anywhere in the car because it was an extension of your home.
The first big step in liberalizing the law was to allow a loaded handgun to be concealed in the car, under the seat, in a console or glove box.
The last most recent step was to allow the driver of the vehicle to carry the handgun anywhere on his person regardless of licensure.
The point is that age is basically irrelevant to discussion. ANYONE can carry in their vehicle ONLY because the Georgia legislature says you can. Back up two steps, and you would still have to be driving around with your handgun lying on the seat.
Right now, handgun rights in Georgia are similar in the home and automobiles because two threads of legislative history have made them so, not because of any innate right to carry one place that carries over to another. Anywhere you carry in Georgia other than your home, you do so because the legislature says you can. You can possess a handgun in your home because SCOTUS says you can, but even there, so far, the legislature could dictate how it must be stored and used.
Panties are all wadded now, ain't they?
Not that this "extension of home" directly deals with carrying in his/her OWN PERSONAL CAR, but it better defines the title of defense under the same circumstances AND in the same way as your home, which is where the whole "extension of home" argument arises!!
O.C.G.A. 16-3-23.1: A person who uses threats or force in accordance with Code Section 16-3-21, relating to the use of force in defense of self or others, Code Section 16-3-23, relating to the use of force in defense of a habitation, or Code Section 16-3-24, relating to the use of force in defense of property other than a habitation, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and use force as provided in said Code sections, including deadly force.
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O.C.G.A. 16-3-24.1 As used in Code Sections 16-3-23 and 16-3-24, the term “habitation” means any dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business, and “personal property” means personal property other than a motor vehicle.
Georgia Summary: In Georgia, one's vehicle qualifies as a habitation and so for the purposes of using or threatening to use force the same criteria apply and thus one might say in Georgia that your vehicle is an extension of your home and correctly communicate that you can defend your vehicle under the same circumstances and in the same way as your home.
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O.C.G.A. 16-3-24.1 As used in Code Sections 16-3-23 and 16-3-24, the term “habitation” means any dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business, and “personal property” means personal property other than a motor vehicle.
Georgia Summary: In Georgia, one's vehicle qualifies as a habitation and so for the purposes of using or threatening to use force the same criteria apply and thus one might say in Georgia that your vehicle is an extension of your home and correctly communicate that you can defend your vehicle under the same circumstances and in the same way as your home.
Not that this "extension of home" directly deals with carrying in his/her OWN PERSONAL CAR, but it better defines the title of defense under the same circumstances AND in the same way as your home, which is where the whole "extension of home" argument arises!!
